Though federal flag code dictates a 30-day mourning period after the death of a former president, not everyone is complying. Here's what we know.
Eight states have ordered flags raised for Inauguration Day, even though it is customary to keep them lowered for 30 days after a president's death
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson granted President-elect Trump's request to suspend a 30-day mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter in order to fly flags at full staff during the inauguration.
The project will create a new home for the Guzman family, who lived on the lot for over 30 years in a house that was unrepairable as they approached retirement.
A reader is appalled that Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags flown fully raised for Donald Trump's inauguration day, neglecting honor for Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.
Before Glenn Robinson, former CEO of Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest in Waco, was working in healthcare, Robinson was a 21-year-old reporter and radio news director in Americus, GA., just 14 miles from Carter’s hometown of Plains.
DALLAS ( SMU) – Two days before the 1976 Texas presidential primary, former president Jimmy Carter spoke at SMU’s McFarlin Auditorium to a crowd of 2,400, his third campaign event of the day. Carter entered to the song “This Is My Country” where, according to the Dallas Morning News, “the crowd almost came out of the double balconies.”
Twelve states have order ordered flags be raised on Monday to acknowledge the inauguration for incoming-President Donald Trump.
The governor’s decision applies only to flags on state property. Flags on federal property are expected to remain at half staff.
Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, 8 Republican-led states will raise flags for Trump's inauguration